1 Call out, Job. See if anyone answers.
Is there any angel to whom you can turn?
2 To worry yourself to death with resentment
would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.
3 I have seen fools who looked secure,
but I called down a sudden curse on their homes.
4 Their children can never find safety;
no one stands up to defend them in court.
5 Hungry people will eat the fool's crops—
even the grain growing among thorns —
and thirsty people will envy his wealth.
6 Evil does not grow in the soil,
nor does trouble grow out of the ground.
7 No indeed! We bring trouble on ourselves,
as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
8 If I were you, I would turn to God
and present my case to him.
9 We cannot understand the great things he does,
and to his miracles there is no end.
10 He sends rain on the land
and he waters the fields.
11 Yes, it is God who raises the humble
and gives joy to all who mourn.
12-13 He upsets the plans of cunning people,
and traps the wise in their own schemes,
so that nothing they do succeeds;
14 even at noon they grope in darkness.
15 But God saves the poor from death;
he saves the needy from oppression.
16 He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked.
17 Happy is the person whom God corrects!
Do not resent it when he rebukes you.
18 God bandages the wounds he makes;
his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.
19 Time after time he will save you from harm;
20 when famine comes, he will keep you alive,
and in war protect you from death.
21 God will rescue you from slander;
he will save you when destruction comes.
22 You will laugh at violence and hunger
and not be afraid of wild animals.
23 The fields you plow will be free of rocks;
wild animals will never attack you.
24 Then you will live at peace in your tent;
when you look at your sheep, you will find them safe.
25 You will have as many children
as there are blades of grass in a pasture.
26 Like wheat that ripens till harvest time,
you will live to a ripe old age.
27 Job, we have learned this by long study.
It is true, so now accept it.
1 Job, igidha!
Oku na tuu ngo te ku yamukula?
Oguni gwomaayapuki te ku yamukula?
2 Ongeyo otayi li egoya,
nefupa otali fala omuhasha meso.
3 Ngame mwene onda mono omugoya ta yugu,
ihe ohaluka egumbo lye olya thingwa.
4 Oyana oya kala kokule negameno;
moompangu otaa lyatelwa pevi pwaa na omupopili.
5 Aasindjala otaa li po iilya ye —
otaa teya nomombungwiidhi
aanotelwa otaa kwata po eliko lye.
6 Oshoka oshiponga ihashi hituka mohi,
nuudhigu ihau ndjituka mevi.
7 Omuntu oti iyetele uudhigu,
osho lela ngaashi oohandje hadhi tuka dhu uka pombanda.
8 Ihe ando ngame onda li ngoye,
ando otandi uka kuKalunga
notandi mu faalele uudhigu wandje.
9 Ota longo iinyengandunge itaayi vulu okuyelekwa,
iilongankondo itaayi vulu okuyalulwa.
10 Evi ote li lokithile omvula,
nomeya ote ga poolele momalundu.
11 Eeno, oye Kalunga ta yambula po aafupi
e ta nyanyudha mboka taa lili.
12-13 Ota pilaaleke oompangela dhaanandunge
nota hanagula po omakoto gaanongo, opo yaa tompole sha.
14 Omilema otadhi ke ya luudhila moshanga shomutenya,
notaa ka pampadhala ngaashi muusiku.
15 Kalunga ota hupitha oohepele meso,
ote ya hupitha miikaha yaanankondo.
16 Ohepele ote yi pe etegameno
nomukolokoshi ote mu mweneke.
17 Omunelago omuntu ngoka Kalunga te mu pukulula.
Ino dhina egeeloputudho lyOmunankondoawike.
18 Oshoka ota dhenge, ihe ota panga wo,
ote ehameke, ihe iikaha ye otayi aludha.
19 Ote ku hupitha miiponga ihamano,
nomoshitiheyali ito adhika kuupyakadhi.
20 Mondjala ote ku keelele meso,
nomiita ite ku etha u se.
21 Ote ku gamene komasheko;
ito pumbwa okutila, uuna ehanagulo tali ya.
22 Oto ka yola ehanagulo nuulumbu
noito ka tila iilikama.
23 Epya lyoye itali ka kala noowege,
niilikama itayi ke ku etela, nando oshiponga shasha.
24 Oto ka kala nombili metsali lyoye
niimuna yoye otayi ka kala ya gwana po inaapu kana sha.
25 Aamwoye otaa ka indjipala,
noluvalo lwoye otalu ka fa omwiidhi gwokelundu.
26 Oto ka ya mombila muukokele wa kola,
ngaashi iilya ya adha okuteywa.
27 Job, shika otwe shi konakona
notwa tseya kutya osho lela.
Shi taamba ano.
